ME
I'm thinking about moving home.
DAD
I'll buy you a new shelf -- for all your comic books!
ME
[briefly hesitates] ... Deal!
I'm thinking about moving home.
DAD
I'll buy you a new shelf -- for all your comic books!
ME
[briefly hesitates] ... Deal!
At first I had maybe a month of moodiness and general loserhood, but then I went on my huge road trip with Evan and Caroline and came back with a new feeling of purpose. Wait, is purpose the right word? No I don't mean I found religion!
It's just that being on the road re-energized this particular UniCamp-burnt out slacker. We approached each day with the most basic goal possible: get the hell back to California. It was simple enough that all you needed was some good company and maybe a Beirut album and you could stomach any place that could possibly be as bad as Wyoming.
It's just that being on the road re-energized this particular UniCamp-burnt out slacker. We approached each day with the most basic goal possible: get the hell back to California. It was simple enough that all you needed was some good company and maybe a Beirut album and you could stomach any place that could possibly be as bad as Wyoming.
The momentum's continued well enough since I've come back that it doesn't feel like I'm in a rut anymore. Before I used to think it was stupid to try to go home again because all the things that really made it "home" weren't there anymore -- all your friends, your relationships, etc. (Wait, was that me or was it Garden State? Fuck it. Let's say both). Sure, it's not like it once was. It's different... but it's good. And it's comfortable, but it's not an awful kind of comfortable. If you give it a chance, home can be a pretty okay place.
... But God, I hope I'm not stuck here.
... But God, I hope I'm not stuck here.